Furniture-brace.



No. 802,586. PATENTED OCT. 24, 1905.

G. W. NALL.

FURNITURE BRAGB.

Ammonium HLED un. 11, 1905,

iiNiTnn sTATvEs GEORGE l/V. NALL, OF FIELDOREEK, TEXAS.

FURNITURE-BRACIEn Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24, 1905.

Application filed April l1, 1905. Serial No. 254,992.

To all whom if; may concern;

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. NALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fieldcreek, in the county of Llano and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Furniture-Braces, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyingl drawing's.

My invention relates to furniture-braces, one vof the objects being to provide a device of the character described that shall be simple and inexpensive in construction and easy of adjustment and operation and whereby the slack in wires used in strengthening' and bracing the side rails or frame of a bed, chairs, or

' other furniture may be taken up and the wires tightened.

Other objects and advantages of my invention as well as the structural features by means of which said objects are attained will be made clear by an examination of the speciiication taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference-numerals indicate corresponding portion throughout, and in which-- Figure l is a perspective view of the frame of a bed provided with bracing-wires and showing my device in operative position on the wires. Fig. 2.is a top plan of the bottom plate. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the top plate, and Fig. 4E is a cross-section lengthwise through the center of the device.

1 designates the frame of a bed, 2 the braces, and 3 the bottom plate of my tension device, which is provided with the grooves 4t, extending diagonally across said plate and in which the wires 2 rest, said plate being also provided with the vertical projections 5 on each side.

6 designates a top plate formed to lit upon the bottom plate between the vertical projections 5. This top plate is provided with four short grooves 7, leading out of a cavity 8 for the reception of the wires where they cross at the center of my device and permitting the top plate to fit down snugly upon the bottom plate when my device is placed upon said wires.V Both the top and bottom plates are provided with openings 9 to admit the threaded set-screws lO, said openings 9 in the bottom plate beingl threaded to allow the top plate to be screwed down tightly thereon.

In operation the bottom plate 3 is placed against the wires in such manner that a wire rests in each groove 4. The top plate is then placed over the wires, so that at the point of crossing they rest in the shorter grooves 7 and the cavity 8. The top plate is then screwed partially down, but not sufficient to press tightly upon the wires. The slack in the wires is then taken up by moving` the device lengthwise upon the wires in either direction, andthe tightener is then securely held in such position by screwing the top plate down tightly upon the bottom plate by means of the set-screws.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. A tension device for furniture, a lower,

plate, a vertical projection formed integral wlth each side of said plate, grooves extending diagonally across the plate, atop plate having a cavity in the center thereof and grooves leading out of said cavity and terminating on the surface of the plate, and a plurality of set-screws arranged to adjustably secure the plates together, substantially as described.

2. A tension device for furniture, a plate having grooves extending' diagonally across the upper surface thereof, a vertical projection formed integral with each side of said plate, an auxiliary plate adapted to rest upon the first-mentioned plate between the vertical0 projections, said auxiliary plate having a cavity in the center thereof and grooves leading out of said cavity and terminating on the surface of the plate, and set -screws passing through apertures in said plates and adapted to adjustably secure the same together, substantially as described.

3. A tension device for furniture comprising an upper and a lower plate adjustably secured together, one of said plates being provided with grooves extending diagonally across the same, and a vertical projection formed integral with each side of the lower plate and between which the upper plate is adapted to rest in position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afHx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. N ALL.

'Witnessest FRITZ. KOTHMANN, EAD. WALnoN.

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